What does תָּוֶךְ mean in the Bible?
e. (by implication) the centre".
Hebrew · H8432
תָּוֶךְ
A bisection , i.e. (by implication) the centre
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תָּוֶךְ H8432
What does תָּוֶךְ mean in the Bible?
תָּוֶךְ is a Hebrew word meaning "a bisection , i.e. (by implication) the centre".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H8432?
The BSB source-word alignment has 418 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include among (67), . . . (28), among them (27), among you (22), in the middle (19).
Where does תָּוֶךְ appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 1:6. Its strongest book concentrations include Ezekiel (116), Numbers (46), Exodus (32), Joshua (29).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It among 67× Genesis 3:8, Genesis 23:10, Exodus 2:5, Exodus 29:45
. . . 28× Exodus 12:31, Exodus 14:23, Exodus 24:18, Exodus 39:3
among them 27× Exodus 25:8, Exodus 29:46, Leviticus 17:8, Leviticus 17:10
among you 22× Exodus 12:49, Leviticus 16:29, Leviticus 17:12, Leviticus 18:26
in the middle 19× Genesis 3:3, Exodus 26:28, Numbers 2:17, Joshua 3:17
in 18× Genesis 18:24, Genesis 37:7, Leviticus 11:33, Deuteronomy 11:3
from 16× Numbers 8:14, Numbers 16:21, Numbers 16:33, Numbers 16:45
within 15× Genesis 18:26, Deuteronomy 19:2, Joshua 16:9, Joshua 19:1
from among 12× Exodus 28:1, Numbers 3:12, Numbers 4:18, Numbers 8:6
inside 12× Genesis 9:21, Joshua 7:21, Judges 9:51, 2 Samuel 6:17
out of 12× Deuteronomy 4:12, Deuteronomy 4:15, Deuteronomy 4:33, Deuteronomy 4:36
in the center 9× Exodus 28:32, Exodus 39:23, Numbers 35:5, Isaiah 19:19
through 8× Exodus 14:16, Exodus 14:22, Exodus 14:29, Exodus 15:19
- 7× Exodus 39:25, Deuteronomy 23:10, 2 Samuel 3:27, Ezekiel 22:7
the middle 6× Deuteronomy 13:16, Joshua 4:3, Joshua 4:5, 1 Kings 6:27
into 5× Exodus 14:27, Joshua 8:13, 2 Samuel 23:20, 1 Chronicles 11:22
in the midst 4× Leviticus 16:16, Proverbs 5:14, Jeremiah 9:6, Micah 2:12
there 4× Numbers 13:32, Judges 20:42, Ezekiel 9:4, Ezekiel 12:10
with 4× Numbers 1:49, Numbers 9:7, 2 Kings 23:9, Jeremiah 41:8
with them 4× Job 1:6, Job 2:1, Ezekiel 9:2, Ezekiel 46:10
within it 4× Ezekiel 11:11, Ezekiel 13:14, Zechariah 2:4, Zechariah 2:5
along with them 3× Numbers 1:47, 1 Samuel 10:10, Ezekiel 16:53
between 3× Genesis 1:6, Exodus 28:33, Exodus 39:25
from within 3× Exodus 3:2, Exodus 3:4, Exodus 24:16
in her midst 3× Jeremiah 50:37, Ezekiel 22:25, Zephaniah 2:14
in it 3× Nehemiah 7:4, Ezekiel 14:14, Ezekiel 24:5
in your midst 3× Psalms 116:19, Ezekiel 22:13, Ezekiel 26:15
were in it 3× Ezekiel 14:16, Ezekiel 14:18, Ezekiel 14:20
within her 3× Jeremiah 51:47, Ezekiel 22:25, Ezekiel 28:23
from among them 2× Psalms 136:11, Jeremiah 12:14
from it 2× Isaiah 52:11, Ezekiel 11:7
from the midst 2× Jeremiah 50:8, Ezekiel 32:21
out 2× Joshua 4:18, 1 Kings 8:51
the center 2× Exodus 36:33, Jeremiah 21:4
throughout 2× Exodus 11:4, Ezekiel 9:4
was among 2× Numbers 17:6, Ezekiel 1:1
within the city 2× Ezekiel 22:21, Ezekiel 22:22
within you 2× Ezekiel 5:12, Ezekiel 28:22
(the middle 1× Deuteronomy 3:16
[and] 1× Proverbs 27:22
[and] among 1× Isaiah 24:13
[as he stood] in the midst 1× 2 Chronicles 20:14
[is] among 1× Psalms 57:4
[is] within 1× Psalms 40:8
[will lie] in the center 1× Ezekiel 48:22
a place 1× Ezekiel 26:5
along 1× Proverbs 8:20
along the middle 1× Joshua 12:2
among [the people] 1× Ezekiel 3:25
among us 1× Genesis 23:6
and in 1× Genesis 40:20
And in the center of them 1× Ezekiel 48:21
And in the middle 1× Genesis 2:9
and the middle 1× Ezekiel 15:4
and within it 1× Ezekiel 1:5
are among you 1× Genesis 35:2
as one of 1× Proverbs 17:2
central 1× Judges 16:29
containing 1× Judges 7:16
down the middle 1× Genesis 15:10
from inside 1× Joshua 7:23
from the middle 1× Joshua 4:8
from within you 1× Ezekiel 28:18
from your midst 1× Isaiah 58:9
in the center of it 1× Ezekiel 48:15
in the city 1× Amos 3:9
in the count 1× 1 Chronicles 21:6
in the presence 1× Psalms 109:30
in the thick 1× 2 Samuel 1:25
in your presence 1× Genesis 23:9
inside me 1× Psalms 143:4
inside the 1× 1 Samuel 18:10
into it 1× Psalms 57:6
into the middle 1× Esther 4:1
into your midst 1× Psalms 135:9
is among them 1× Leviticus 15:31
is among us 1× Joshua 22:31
is here among 1× 1 Kings 3:8
is in their midst 1× Numbers 16:3
it in 1× Job 20:13
it inside 1× 1 Chronicles 16:1
Its interior 1× Song Of Solomon 3:10
lives among 1× Ezekiel 44:9
living in the territories 1× Judges 12:4
of 1× Ezekiel 9:4
of her 1× Jeremiah 51:45
of it among us 1× Joshua 22:19
onto 1× Numbers 19:6
out from among them 1× Exodus 7:5
out of [the city] 1× Ezekiel 11:9
out of the 1× Genesis 19:29
over it 1× Isaiah 7:6
presence 1× Deuteronomy 32:51
still within her 1× Ezekiel 24:7
surrounded by 1× Micah 7:14
the interior 1× 2 Samuel 4:6
the midst 1× Numbers 16:47
their midst 1× Nehemiah 4:11
they were in 1× 2 Kings 6:20
through it 1× Exodus 9:24
through the midst 1× Psalms 136:14
to them among 1× Numbers 26:62
trapped between 1× Joshua 8:22
vvv 1× Exodus 33:11
were among 1× Genesis 42:5
with us 1× Proverbs 1:14
within her walls 1× Ezekiel 22:3
you 1× Ezekiel 28:16
your own 1× Ezekiel 21:32
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 1:6 בְּת֣וֹךְ to between Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Genesis 2:9 בְּת֣וֹךְ to And in the middle Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Genesis 3:3 בְּתוֹךְ־ to in the middle Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Genesis 3:8 בְּת֖וֹךְ to among Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Genesis 9:21 בְּת֥וֹךְ to inside Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Genesis 15:10 בַּתָּ֔וֶךְ to down the middle Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Genesis 18:24 בְּת֣וֹךְ to in Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Genesis 18:26 בְּת֣וֹךְ to within Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Genesis 19:29 מִתּ֣וֹךְ to out of the Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Genesis 23:6 בְּתוֹכֵ֔נוּ to among us Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 1:6
Aligned rows 418
Books represented 27
Genesis 17 Exodus 32 Leviticus 17 Numbers 46 Deuteronomy 21 Joshua 29 Judges 8 1 Samuel 10 2 Samuel 9 1 Kings 11 2 Kings 5 1 Chronicles 4 2 Chronicles 6 Nehemiah 5 Esther 2 Job 6 Psalms 14 Proverbs 8 Song Of Solomon 1 Isaiah 12 Jeremiah 23 Ezekiel 116 Amos 2 Micah 3 Zephaniah 1 Haggai 1 Zechariah 9
Source forms
בְּת֣וֹךְ 59x bə·ṯō·wḵ Genesis 1:6, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 18:26
בְּת֥וֹךְ 49x bə·ṯō·wḵ Genesis 9:21, Genesis 40:20, Exodus 11:4, Exodus 14:16
בְּת֖וֹךְ 36x bə·ṯō·wḵ Genesis 3:8, Exodus 29:45, Exodus 39:25, Leviticus 16:16
מִתּ֣וֹךְ 23x mit·tō·wḵ Genesis 19:29, Exodus 3:2, Exodus 3:4, Exodus 12:31
תּ֣וֹךְ 14x tō·wḵ Deuteronomy 13:16, Deuteronomy 21:12, Deuteronomy 22:2, Joshua 4:5
מִתּ֥וֹךְ 13x mit·tō·wḵ Exodus 24:16, Exodus 33:11, Numbers 16:33, Deuteronomy 4:15
בְּתוֹךְ־ 12x bə·ṯō·wḵ- Genesis 3:3, Joshua 13:9, Joshua 13:16, Judges 18:1
בְּתוֹכָֽם׃ 11x bə·ṯō·w·ḵām Exodus 25:8, Leviticus 15:31, Numbers 5:3, Joshua 14:3
Parsing patterns
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct 184x Genesis 1:6, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:8
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct 56x Genesis 19:29, Exodus 3:2, Exodus 3:4, Exodus 12:31
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural 41x Exodus 25:8, Exodus 28:33, Exodus 29:46, Leviticus 15:31
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular 30x Genesis 41:48, Numbers 13:32, Numbers 35:34, Nehemiah 7:4
Noun - masculine singular construct 25x Exodus 14:23, Numbers 16:47, Numbers 19:6, Deuteronomy 3:16
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular 16x Psalms 116:19, Psalms 135:9, Ezekiel 5:8, Ezekiel 5:10
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural 16x Genesis 23:9, Genesis 35:2, Exodus 12:49, Leviticus 16:29
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular 10x Exodus 28:32, Exodus 39:23, Leviticus 11:33, Judges 20:42
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. a bisection , i.e. (by implication) the centre
Source Gloss
a bisection , i.e. (by implication) the centre
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre BDB: midst Usage: among(-st), × between, half, × (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), × out (of), × through, × with(-in).
Grammatical Forms
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain